Mausoleum and means for ventilating it.



W. A. RICE.

MAUSOLEUM AND MEANS FOR VENTILATING IT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 915.

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MAUSOLEUM AND MEANS FOR VENTILATING IT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1915.

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WILBUR A. RICE, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAUSOLEUM AND MEANS FOR VENTILATING IT.

Specificatin f ers Patent. Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed May 19, 1915. Serial No. 29,076.

the combination and arrangement of parts is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the crypts. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line CD Fig.1

perspective View of the vertical section through one of the walls between the crypts on line EF Fig. 1.

My invention is more particularly de-- scribed as follows :-A suitable foundation of concrete or other material such as is shown at 1 and 2, is first built. Upon this is placed a sanitary floor 3 built of concrete or other suitable material. Vertical walls 4 are supported upon the floor 3 and built at suitable distances apart for making the size of crypt required. These are also preferably ofconcrete. are provided at suitable distances apart to make the space for the crypts required horizontally. The first floor is placed a distance above the floor 3 of the mausoleum so as to leave a'ventilating space 7 between the first floor of the crypt and the floor of the mausoleum. Above the crypts is the roof. This is also spaced so as to leave-room for ventilation, as shown at 9. In the rear of the crypts between the outside wall of the mausoleum 21 and the crypts themselves is a space 8 which communicates with the space 7 and the space 9. The front of these crypts is preferably lined with marble or other ornamental materials, and ..t intervals in the lower slab near the floor are placed ventilating openings or screens, such as shown at 10, and in the slab between the upper crypt and the" roof are placed similar ventilating openings 11. In the space between the opening 11. and the main roof of the mausoleum is an opening 12, preferably provided with louvers, as shown in Fig. 4. By reference to this Fig. 3 is a vertical'section on line AB of Fig. 2. FigJl-is a Floors figure it will be seen that above the crypts and directly over the main corridor is a clear story with these openings 12 in the sides at intervals along the same. Any other method of accomplishing the same object, which is to communicate directly from the main corridor to the outer air above the crypts, may be employed and is within the scope of applicants invention; I have also provided openings through the outer walls and communicating with the air chambers, which will aid circulation.

The ventilation for the crypts is provided by means of a system of manifolds and pipes leading therefrom to the various crypts, all of which are embedded in the concrete walls of said crypts, as are shown and explained in'the applicants patentNo. 1,123,379, dated January 5th,'1915, and asimilar system of manifolds and pipes is placed at the bottom and connected to a seepage tank 14-. with pipes running upward to the various crypts in order to take care of any seepage or drainage that may be necessary from the same. The upper manifolds shown at 16 are connected to a sanitary disinfecting trap 17, which communicates with the pipe 18 and opening 19 that pass through the roof and curve downward to prevent the elements from affecting the interior. The cap 20 is used for introducing the disinfectant into trap 17, as is fully explained in applicants patent above referred to. These crypts and walls are preferably made of concrete and are reinforced in the ordinary manner so as to make them seamless, so that each crypt is independent of every other one and the system of drainage and ventilation takes care of each individual crypt as above described. Any other suitable material could be substituted for concrete, and applicant does not wish tolimit his construction to that material. It is well known, however, that most substances are porous to a greater or less extent and, therefore, gases are liable to escape through the walls. If no special provisions are made to take care of these gases they would be obnoxious in the mausoleum, which is used by the public,

on the outside and entirely independent of the interior ventilation and sanitation of the crypts. By reason of this construction,

which forms a building within a building leaving a ventilating space between, all condensation due to atmospheric conditions is also eliminated, thereby making the entire 7 building dry and sanitary.

' By reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings, it can readily be seen that air, which naturally rises, would enter the openings pass under the crypts, rise through the space 8, thence through the space 9 between the.

roof and-the crypts and leave at 11. This air would then pass out of the mausoleum through the openings 12, thereby keeping the interior free from obnoxious gases or fumes which otherwise might contaminate the air.

I do not intend to limit myself to the specific form of ventilating shown, but any system that will accomplish the same object may be employed.

Therefore what I claim is 1. In a mausoleum comprising a floor, a corridor and a series of crypts on each side thereof, ventilating spaces between said crypts and floor and outer walls and roof of the mausoleum, openings from saidcorridor to said spaces under the crypts and also above the crypts, openings through the exo the floor commimicating with the corridor,

the space above the crypts having openings communicating with the corridor, outlet openings near the roof of the structure, openings through the exterior walls of the mausoleum into said ventilating spaces near the bottom, and said exterior walls being imperforate at the upper portion of the crypts. v

WILBUR A. RICE. Witnesses:

LUCY HILEMAN, LULU CUNNINGHAM. 

